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Patti Bauer, Response to McKendrick's article, |
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Feb 8, 2004
" The impact of the mill on our health and environment is immense.
There is no time for "rhetoric," that is why we want the company to
take responsibility for its corporate actions that affect our air, our
land, our water, our livelihoods, our health."
Dear Editor,
In response to Mr. Don McKendrick's, VP NorskeCrofton letter to the
editor
"However, it’s vital that our discussions be grounded in facts and that rhetoric
designed to heighten public alarm does not merely act as a barrier to informed
opinion about the issue at hand and our business in general".
Mr. McKendrick said "that it is vital that our discussions be grounded
in facts" and that is why the Crofton Airshed Citizens group, a public
working group, is spending a considerable amount of energy to bring the
facts to the table.
Our best resource to inform the public openly of our research is
through our web-site, www.croftonair.org.
Our Handout at the public meeting explored the reasons for great
concern, and this was based on extensive review with independent
scientists, industrial experts, the Ministry and the Company.
Mr. McKendrick refers to government regulations and standards in place
to operate and stay in business. These 'regulations and
standards' for air emissions are written in 1976 for reporting of only
TWO substances - total reduced sulphur and particulate matter.
That is it. This is their permit to 'pollute,' and not hard to
beat.
The impact of the mill on our health and environment is immense. There
is no time for "rhetoric," that is why we want the company to take
responsibility for its corporate actions that affect our air, our land,
our water, our livelihoods, our health.
No more spin Norske Clan, please. Your energy is best expended learning how to operate a business in the 21st Century.
Patti Bauer in the Crofton Air Shed
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